“One of the greatest ways to avoid trouble is to keep it simple” – Charlie Munger
Get the no-brainers off the desk fast—do this both in big picture stuff as well as when facing a problem (i.e., approach no-brainer parts first).
Use common sense and elementary academic wisdom.
Related:
- 3-1a3 Multidisciplinary thinking is the most realistic thinking
- 5-2c2a0 Avoiding bullshit takes you far enough. Maybe the extra bit comes from really knowing about yourself.
- 10-2g3d1 Humans do stupid things because we can guess and create meanings. Our ability comes with a great cost of potentially doing very (infinitely) stupid things.